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bug#27212: [PATCH] file-systems: Improve error handling in the iso9660 c
From: |
Jelle Licht |
Subject: |
bug#27212: [PATCH] file-systems: Improve error handling in the iso9660 case - fixes boot problem. |
Date: |
Sat, 3 Jun 2017 21:57:36 +0200 |
Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:
> On Sat, Jun 03, 2017 at 08:25:00PM +0200, Danny Milosavljevic wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> sorry for the slip-up.
>>
>> The error handling in 203a9455c4695152fc5d0085bffeead9ce3216c2 was improved
>> for the case when there's no iso9660 primary volume descriptor anywhere and
>> no
>> terminator either. In that case the CD is broken.
>>
>> But if there's no iso9660 volume descriptor AT ALL (primary or not) it's not
>> a
>> fatal error for guix gnu/build/file-systems.scm - it just means we picked the
>> wrong filesystem type and should try the next one. This case was not handled
>> correctly and this patch addresses this.
>>
>> I'd like help with testing this patch. If someone with a fast computer could
>> apply this patch, then run make check-system, and then, if everything worked,
>> run guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm , that would be great (my
>> computer
>> is building guix master for the last 3 days and probably needs 4 more - so no
>> idea whether the patch works).
>
> I don't have access to a fast GuixSD system today.
>
> How about reverting the original change now, so that we can reduce the number
> of
> people who hit the bug. Then we can test the revised commit afterwards.
Good news! My system boots again after applying your patch and
reconfiguring. The make check-system fails a network related test, but
only because of an unrelated problem, as this already happened before
any of these problems started.
- Jelle
bug#27212: 203a9455c4695152fc5d0085bffeead9ce3216c2 broke system boot, jah, 2017/06/03
bug#27212: 203a9455c4695152fc5d0085bffeead9ce3216c2 broke system boot, ng0, 2017/06/04